Where: England, United Kingdom (51.9° N, 1.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.9° N, 1.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Red Crag Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Waltonian (Reuverian C)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; phosphatic, conglomeratic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: P. S. Balson. 1990. The Neogene of East Anglia - a field excursion report. Tertiary Research 11(2-4):179-189 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 55829: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Neptunea contraria true whelk | |
"Hinia reticosa" = Nassarius (Hinia), "Hinia granulata" = Nassarius (Hinia)
"Hinia reticosa" = Nassarius (Hinia) snail
"Hinia granulata" = Nassarius (Hinia) snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Spisula ovalis clam
Spisula arcuata Sowerby 1817 clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
"Pholas cylindrica" = Barnea (Barnea) cylindrica
"Pholas cylindrica" = Barnea (Barnea) cylindrica Sowerby 1818 clam | |
"Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis
"Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Glycymeris glycymeris Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Mammalia | |
Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850 beaked whale | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinocyamus pusillus Müller 1776 sand dollar | |
Anthozoa | |
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844 stony coral | |
Skolithos sp. Haldemann 1840 | |
Psilonichnus | |